TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

Civil Engineering Department

CE 001
Statics of Rigid Bodies

PROBLEM SET # 1

Use separate sheet of clean short bondpaper for your solution(s) and final answer(s). BOX your final answers.

NAME: ______________________________________________________________________________________
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1. The homogeneous 60-kg disk supported by the 4. In the system shown, given T1 = 80 N, T2 = 100N, and
rope AB rests against a rough vertical wall. Using T3 = 50 N, what must be the weight of the crate to
the given FBD, determine the force in the rope and maintain equilibrium?
the reaction at the wall.

5. Determine the mass of the heaviest uniform bar

that can be supported in the position shown if the
breaking strength of the horizontal cable attached
2. A rigid frame is fabricated by joining the three bars at C is 15 kN. Neglect friction.
with pins at B, C, and D, as shown. The frame is
loaded by the 5000 N force and the 1800 N.m
couple. The supports consist of a pin at A and a
roller support at E. Find reactions A, B, C, D, E.

6. Compute the force F to make the system in

equilibrium.

3. The force system shown consists of the couple C

and four forces. If the resultant of this system is a
75000N.mm counterclockwise couple, determine
P, Q, and C.
7. Determine the resultant acting on the gusset plate.
11.

8. A fixed support has three reactions. One horizontal

force, a vertical force and a moment. At
equilibrium situation, compute for the three
reactions at the fixed support A: Ax, Ay & MA.

9. Determine the all the reactions at each

connection. Reminder: The reaction at a certain
point or connection is the resultant of the
components (x and y) at the said point or
connection. E.g. Reaction at A is the square root of
the sum of the squares of Ax and Ay or A =
√Ax2+Ay2.

10. At equilibrium situation, what is P and θ?